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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 27.1583 

§ 27.1557

Miscellaneous markings and 

placards. 

(a) 

Baggage and cargo compartments, 

and ballast location. Each baggage and 
cargo compartment, and each ballast 
location must have a placard stating 
any limitations on contents, including 
weight, that are necessary under the 
loading requirements. 

(b) 

Seats.  If the maximum allowable 

weight to be carried in a seat is less 
than 170 pounds, a placard stating the 
lesser weight must be permanently at-
tached to the seat structure. 

(c) 

Fuel and oil filler openings. The fol-

lowing apply: 

(1) Fuel filler openings must be 

marked at or near the filler cover 
with— 

(i) The word ‘‘fuel’’; 
(ii) For reciprocating engine powered 

rotorcraft, the minimum fuel grade; 

(iii) For turbine engine powered 

rotorcraft, the permissible fuel des-
ignations; and 

(iv) For pressure fueling systems, the 

maximum permissible fueling supply 
pressure and the maximum permissible 
defueling pressure. 

(2) Oil filler openings must be 

marked at or near the filler cover with 
the word ‘‘oil’’. 

(d) 

Emergency exit placards. Each 

placard and operating control for each 
emergency exit must be red. A placard 
must be near each emergency exit con-
trol and must clearly indicate the loca-
tion of that exit and its method of op-
eration. 

[Doc. No. 5074, 29 FR 15695, Nov. 24, 1964, as 
amended by Amdt. 27–11, 41 FR 55471, Dec. 20, 
1976] 

§ 27.1559

Limitations placard. 

There must be a placard in clear view 

of the pilot that specifies the kinds of 
operations (such as VFR, IFR, day, 
night, or icing) for which the rotorcraft 
is approved. 

[Amdt. 27–21, 49 FR 44435, Nov. 6, 1984] 

§ 27.1561

Safety equipment. 

(a) Each safety equipment control to 

be operated by the crew in emergency, 
such as controls for automatic liferaft 
releases, must be plainly marked as to 
its method of operation. 

(b) Each location, such as a locker or 

compartment, that carries any fire ex-
tinguishing, signaling, or other life 
saving equipment, must be so marked. 

§ 27.1565

Tail rotor. 

Each tail rotor must be marked so 

that its disc is conspicuous under nor-
mal daylight ground conditions. 

[Amdt. 27–2, 33 FR 965, Jan. 26, 1968] 

R

OTORCRAFT

F

LIGHT

M

ANUAL AND

 

A

PPROVED

M

ANUAL

M

ATERIAL

 

§ 27.1581

General. 

(a) 

Furnishing information. A Rotor-

craft Flight Manual must be furnished 
with each rotorcraft, and it must con-
tain the following: 

(1) Information required by §§ 27.1583 

through 27.1589. 

(2) Other information that is nec-

essary for safe operation because of de-
sign, operating, or handling character-
istics. 

(b) 

Approved information. Each part of 

the manual listed in §§ 27.1583 through 
27.1589, that is appropriate to the rotor-
craft, must be furnished, verified, and 
approved, and must be segregated, 
identified, and clearly distinguished 
from each unapproved part of that 
manual. 

(c) [Reserved] 
(d) 

Table of contents. Each Rotorcraft 

Flight Manual must include a table of 
contents if the complexity of the man-
ual indicates a need for it. 

(Secs. 313(a), 601, 603, 604, and 605 of the Fed-
eral Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1354(a), 
1421, 1423, 1424, and 1425); and sec. 6(c) of the 
Dept. of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 
1655(c))) 

[Amdt. 27–14, 43 FR 2325, Jan. 16, 1978] 

§ 27.1583

Operating limitations. 

(a) 

Airspeed and rotor limitations. In-

formation necessary for the marking of 
airspeed and rotor limitations on, or 
near, their respective indicators must 
be furnished. The significance of each 
limitation and of the color coding must 
be explained. 

(b) 

Powerplant limitations. The fol-

lowing information must be furnished: 

(1) Limitations required by § 27.1521. 
(2) Explanation of the limitations, 

when appropriate. 

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